Reuven Rivlin, a former speaker of parliament touches the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem’s Old City, after he was elected Israel’s president June 10, 2014. Rivlin, a right-wing legislator opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state, was elected Israel’s president on Tuesday and will replace the dovish Shimon Peres in the largely ceremonial post. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)

Parents wait behind police tape for students from Reynolds High School to arrive by bus in Troutdale, Oregon June 10, 2014. A shooting at the high school left one student and the gunman dead, the local police chief said. (Steve Dipaola/Reuters)

Dwight King #74 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates a goal on Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers by Jeff Carter #77 of the Los Angeles Kings during the first period of Game Three of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Madison Square Garden on June 9, 2014 in New York, New York. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with his supporters at the second round presidential candidate election campaign gathering in Ghor province, June 10, 2014. The second round presidential election will be held on June 14. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Flamingos stay in rain on June 10, 2014 in a zoo in Eberswalde, Germany. (Patrick Pleul/Germany Out/AFP/Getty Images)

UN Special Envoy and actress Angelina Jolie arrives in Downing Street with British Foreign Secretary William Hague after having attended the Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict at the ExCeL centre on June 10, 2014 in London, England. The four-day conference on sexual violence in war is hosted by Foreign Secretary William Hague and UN Special Envoy and actress Angelina Jolie. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Lightning is pictured on June 10, 2014 over Algermissen, Germany. Violent storms killed at least six people in western Germany overnight, felling trees and snarling road and rail traffic, authorities said Tuesday. (Julian Stratenschulte /Germany Out/AFP/Getty Images)

Britain’s Prince William (R) and former England captain David Beckham listen to a speaker at an event to launch a wildlife conservation campaign at Google’s headquarters in London June 9, 2014. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Phil Mickelson of the United States hits a shot from a bunker during a practice round prior to the start of the 114th U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 on June 10, 2014 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (Tyler Lecka/Getty Images)

People look at the memorial on the steps of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters (RCMP) headquarters in Moncton, New Brunswick, June 9, 2014. A 24-year-old man was charged with murder on Friday in the slayings of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers during a shooting spree in the eastern Canadian city of Moncton. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)

People take a sunbath in their beach chairs at a beach in Travemuende by the Baltic Sea on June 9, 2014. (Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)

Lee Joon-seok, captain of sunken ferry Sewol, arrives at a court in Gwangju June 10, 2014. Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, mostly children, went on trial on Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with the shout going up of “murderer” as the captain entered the packed court. (Korea Pool/Yonhap/Reuters)

Papier-mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are seen displayed in front of the Tian Tan Buddha, a major tourist attraction which measures 34 metres (111.5 feet) tall and weighs 250 metric tons, at Po Lin Monastery on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island June 10, 2014. The installation arrived in the city on Monday, launching the month-long “1600 Pandas World Tour in Hong Kong: Creativity meets Conservation” organized by a local art organizer, according to the official press release. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Paramilitary soldiers react as they ask members of the media to leave during their search in a neighbourhood, after a gunfire attack on a security academy run by the Airports Security Force (ASF) in Karachi June 10, 2014. Pakistan’s Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack on the security academy at Karachi’s airport on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after an all-night siege by Taliban gunmen at Pakistan’s busiest airport that killed more than 30 people. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)

Kashmiri farmers work in paddy fields at Bandipora, north of Srinagar June 10, 2014. Sowing operations in rice, pulses and cotton have already started in many growing areas of Northwest and Southern India, taking advantage of pre-monsoon showers. (Danish Ismail/Reuters)

Pilgrims drag a devotee by a rope in the Marianne River during the Ganga Dhaaraa festival at Blanchisseuse on Trinidad’s north coast June 8, 2014. Pilgrims all over the country and abroad have been gathering for the Hindu festival, also known as the oldest river festival, which commemorates the coming down of goddess Ganga to earth. (Andrea De Silva/Reuters)

Local residents pass destroyed house following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk June 10, 2014. After a week of intensified shelling by government forces, windows of buildings on the outskirts of the city have been blown out, fires have gutted stores and the hulks of damaged Soviet-era cars lie abandoned in the road. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

Police officers stand guard outside the Indian High Commission to Sri Lanka behind a tire set alight by demonstrators from the Freedom of National Organization, during a protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Colombo June 10, 2014. Sri Lanka on June 4, 2014, again rejected devolving police powers to the provinces as requested by Modi and required by the constitution as a means to ease tension with minority Tamils. Sri Lanka agreed with India in 1987 to devolve powers, including over police and land, to a regional level as a means to improve relations between Tamils and majority Sinhalese. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A soldier wears a machine gun bullet belt as he secures the gate of a prison near the northwestern Yemeni city of Omran June 9, 2014. Around 400 prisoners escaped from the prison last week during clashes between Shi’ite Muslim rebels and government forces, according to local media. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

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